For the past 20 years, he had tenure with the Detroit Tigers in their spring training division in Lakeland, Fla.

Mr. Jones was a member of Mount Pleasant United Brethren Church and its King’s Sons and Daughters Sunday School Class.

He also was a member and past president of the Greene Township Lions Club. He was a life member of the Chambersburg Club and the Fayetteville Volunteer Fire Co.

Mr. Jones was a baseball fan and enjoyed hunting and golfing. Early in life he enjoyed pitching fast-pitch softball for a number of area teams and later in life sponsored the
Jay L. Jones over-50 slow-pitch softball team, which won the state championship a number of times.

In addition to his mother and wife, he is survived by one son, Dennis G. Jones of Chambersburg; one daughter, Joelle L. Miller of Newville; five grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; three sisters, Mary Ann Snyder of Fayetteville, and Martha J. Paszkowski and Joan C. Black, both of Chambersburg; one brother, Dennis G. Fix of Fayetteville; three nephews; and one niece.

In addition to his father, he was preceded in death by his stepfather, Ernest G. Fix, and an infant brother.

Services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday in Mount Pleasant United Brethren Church, Chambersburg, with the Rev. Garry Culler officiating. Burial will be in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Chambersburg.

The family will receive friends from 6 to 9 p.m. Sunday in Thomas L. Geisel Funeral Home, Chambersburg, and immediately following the burial Monday in the church’s fellowship hall.

Memorial contributions may be made to Mount Pleasant United Brethren Church Building Fund, 2509 Black Gap Road, Chambersburg, Pa. 17202.

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